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This article includes three lists of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product per capita at nominal values, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, converted at market exchange rates to current U.S. dollars, divided by the average (or mid-year) population for the same year.

The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population. Therefore these figures should be used with caution.

Comparisons of national wealth are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. (See List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita.) PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks. It does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than GDP per capita. On the whole PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than GDP per capita figures.

Great care should be taken when using either set of figures to compare the wealth of two countries. Often people who wish to promote or denigrate a country will use the figure that suits their case best and ignore the other one, which may be substantially different, but a valid comparison of two economies should take both rankings into account, as well as utilising other economic data to put an economy in context.

Several economies which are not considered to be countries (world, EU, and some dependent territories) are included in the list because they appear in the sources. These economies are not ranked in the charts here, but are listed in sequence by GDP for comparison.

The "IMF" column includes estimated data for the year 2007 for members of the International Monetary Fund (plus the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), for which information is available.
The "WB" column includes data for the year 2007 from the World Bank.
The "CIA" column includes estimated data for the year 2007 from The World Factbook, provided by the Central Intelligence Agency, as of October 2, 2008.

All data are in United States dollars. Non-sovereign entities or other special groupings are marked in italics.

Note: To sort the table in descending order, click twice on the square above the column you wish to sort by.

Country	Rank	IMF^[1]	Rank	WB^[2]	Rank	CIA^[3]
AAAA	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9
ZZZZ	9999999	9999999	9999999	9999999	9999999	9999999
Afghanistan	169	350	—	—	175	277
Albania	96	3,401	87	3,323	102	2,950
Algeria	86	3,903	76	3,996	88	3,945
Angola	90	3,756	84	3,440	78	5,003
Antigua and Barbuda	44	13,079	36	12,071	47	13,054
Argentina	66	6,609	56	6,641	68	6,492
Armenia	104	2,659	90	3,058	105	2,683
Australia	15	43,163	17	39,098	16	43,798
Austria	13	44,852	11	45,343	14	45,599
Azerbaijan	94	3,632	83	3,646	91	3,857
Bahamas, The	34	19,736	—	—	33	21,547
Bahrain	31	22,771	—	—	29	27,746
Bangladesh	156	463	151	427	161	481
Barbados	45	12,404	—	—	46	13,309
Belarus	80	4,656	69	4,615	80	4,604
Belgium	16	42,618	13	42,213	17	43,648
Belize	84	4,108	72	4,191	83	4,324
Benin	146	709	145	601	150	656
Bhutan	116	1,841	112	1,668	116	1,943
Bolivia	123	1,352	117	1,378	125	1,446
Bosnia and Herzegovina	89	3,809	74	4,014	99	3,247
Botswana	60	7,933	57	6,263	64	6,780
Brazil	64	6,938	53	6,859	65	6,776
Brunei	25	31,879	—	—	26	33,077
Bulgaria	76	5,186	65	5,175	75	5,409
Burkina Faso	155	492	150	458	162	472
Burma	175	234	—	—	174	286
Burundi	179	125	170	115	184	119
Cambodia	152	606	146	597	157	615
Cameroon	128	1,097	121	1,114	131	1,143
Canada	14	43,674	15	40,222	18	43,478
Cape Verde	100	2,925	94	2,706	98	3,365
Central African Republic	162	402	153	394	166	392
Chad	143	734	142	658	148	718
Chile	53	9,884	42	9,877	53	10,047
China, People's Republic of	107	2,483	99	2,485	109	2,459
Colombia	82	4,264	81	3,729	90	3,867
Comoros	144	729	139	717	154	621
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	178	171	169	144	183	157
Congo, Republic of the	112	2,159	105	2,030	114	2,015
Costa Rica	70	5,904	63	5,653	69	6,342
Côte d'Ivoire	129	1,057	123	1,016	135	993
Croatia	47	11,555	38	11,554	50	11,430
Cuba	—	—	—	—	87	4,000
Cyprus	28	27,047	24	27,036	30	27,015
Czech Republic	36	16,956	30	16,271	39	17,138
Denmark	7	57,137	5	56,427	7	57,040
Djibouti	127	1,111	126	996	120	1,694
Dominica	78	4,685	71	4,493	84	4,297
Dominican Republic	79	4,671	80	3,762	89	3,886
Ecuador	97	3,335	88	3,312	100	3,212
Egypt	117	1,739	111	1,697	123	1,592
El Salvador	101	2,857	92	2,950	103	2,932
Equatorial Guinea	51	10,436^[4]	29	19,533	38	17,490
Eritrea	172	271	165	248	179	246
Estonia	41	15,569	31	15,856	41	16,171
Ethiopia	174	252	166	245	180	243
European Union	—	—	—	—	—	33,889
Fiji	88	3,824	73	4,097	94	3,710
Finland	9	46,856	8	46,515	10	46,769
France	18	42,034	14	41,523	21	40,200
Gabon	59	8,085	50	8,011	60	7,759
Gambia, The	160	405	155	377	167	387
Georgia	110	2,340	103	2,315	110	2,215
Germany	19	40,400	16	40,079	20	40,315
Ghana	148	690	143	650	151	648
Greece	27	28,152	21	32,166	28	29,385
Grenada	71	5,708	66	5,130	67	6,555
Guatemala	105	2,532	98	2,505	106	2,647
Guinea-Bissau	176	213	167	211	181	233
Guinea	159	417	149	487	160	493
Guyana	122	1,411	116	1,413	127	1,351
Haiti	147	699	144	638	153	624
Honduras	118	1,635	110	1,732	121	1,641
Hong Kong	—	29,753	—	29,845	—	29,611
Hungary	43	13,745	35	13,741	42	13,901
Iceland	4	64,548	3	62,733	5	66,240
India	134	942	122	1,042	138	973
Indonesia	115	1,925	108	1,918	119	1,845
Iran	85	3,981	79	3,815	81	4,497
Iraq	—	—	—	—	111	2,186
Ireland	5	60,209	4	58,399	6	62,934
Israel	29	23,579	25	22,563	31	23,161
Italy	20	35,745	18	35,494	22	36,201
Jamaica	83	4,195	75	4,012	86	4,029
Japan	22	34,296	20	34,254	25	34,402
Jordan	103	2,766	93	2,768	107	2,645
Kazakhstan	65	6,748	55	6,708	63	6,791
Kenya	141	780	137	786	145	794
Kiribati	149	686	132	853	155	621
Korea, North	—	—	—	—	132	1,114
Korea, South	33	20,015	28	19,983	35	19,836
Kuwait	23	33,687	—	—	15	44,421
Kyrgyzstan	145	713	141	669	149	709
Laos	150	669	140	684	156	618
Latvia	46	11,908	37	11,931	49	12,098
Lebanon	67	6,569	60	5,858	70	6,277
Lesotho	151	664	136	798	146	753
Liberia	177	196	168	193	182	228
Libya	49	11,484	43	9,476	54	9,452
Liechtenstein	—	—	—	—	1	106,082^[5]
Lithuania	48	11,515	39	11,353	52	10,726
Luxembourg	1	103,125	1	99,879	2	104,452
Macedonia, Republic of	91	3,751	82	3,726	95	3,647
Madagascar	164	392	156	372	168	376
Malawi	173	266	164	255	178	260
Malaysia	63	6,956	54	6,807	61	7,509
Maldives	98	3,067	85	3,439	104	2,874
Mali	154	531	147	556	158	562
Malta	35	18,215	—	—	37	18,461
Marshall Islands	—	—	100	2,433	—	—
Mauritania	132	952	133	847	142	843
Mauritius	73	5,496	67	5,038	74	5,506
Mexico	54	9,717	47	8,486	59	8,219
Micronesia	—	—	102	2,315	—	—
Moldova	124	1,298	119	1,159	136	976
Mongolia	121	1,489	115	1,491	128	1,323
Montenegro	—	—	58	5,928	82	4,343
Morocco	108	2,422	101	2,374	112	2,171
Mozambique	163	397	159	363	170	362
Namibia	93	3,671	89	3,250	96	3,577
Nepal	167	377	158	363	172	333
Netherlands	10	46,774	9	46,041	11	46,389
New Zealand	26	30,390	23	30,599	27	30,999
Nicaragua	133	946	124	1,013	134	1,008
Niger	170	313	162	294	173	324
Nigeria	126	1,161	120	1,120	130	1,164
Norway	2	83,485	2	81,111	3	84,595
Oman	40	15,714	—	—	48	12,492
Pakistan	138	909	131	884	141	849
Palau	—	—	49	8,200	—	—
Panama	69	5,905	59	5,908	71	6,058
Papua New Guinea	130	991	127	990	133	1,034
Paraguay	114	1,982	107	1,961	122	1,630
Peru	87	3,826	77	3,910	92	3,787
Philippines	119	1,626	113	1,640	124	1,530
Poland	50	11,072	40	11,043	51	10,912
Portugal	32	21,082	27	20,762	34	20,981
Qatar	3	78,754	—	—	4	83,152
Republic of China (Taiwan)	37	16,697	—	—	40	16,768
Romania	61	7,697	51	7,703	62	7,452
Russia	56	9,075	44	9,115	56	9,124
Rwanda	168	355	161	341	171	335
Saint Kitts and Nevis	52	10,155	41	10,755	45	13,323
Saint Lucia	72	5,700	62	5,702	72	6,030
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75	5,199	70	4,608	79	4,731
Samoa	106	2,518	96	2,578	118	1,853
São Tomé and Príncipe	136	923	129	918	147	721
Saudi Arabia	39	15,724	32	15,775	44	13,630
Senegal	137	915	130	898	140	888
Serbia	74	5,387	64	5,630	85	4,106
Seychelles	57	8,600	46	8,565	58	8,670
Sierra Leone	171	290	163	286	176	270
Singapore	21	35,163	19	35,160	24	35,427
Slovakia	42	13,857	34	13,887	43	13,766
Slovenia	30	22,933	26	22,523	32	22,934
Solomon Islands	142	741	138	745	152	631
Somalia	—	—	—	—	177	270
South Africa	68	5,916	61	5,833	73	5,843
Spain	24	32,090	22	31,846	23	35,576
Sri Lanka	120	1,623	114	1,622	126	1,434
Sudan	125	1,244	118	1,235	129	1,172
Suriname	81	4,599	68	4,893	77	5,106
Swaziland	102	2,838	97	2,569	108	2,591
Sweden	8	49,603	7	48,584	9	50,415
Switzerland	6	58,513	6	55,035	8	56,111
Syria	113	2,008	109	1,914	115	1,955
Tajikistan	153	578	148	551	159	525
Tanzania	158	428	152	400	165	411
Thailand	92	3,732	78	3,851	93	3,776
Timor-Leste	157	440	157	371	164	423
Togo	165	387	154	379	163	438
Tonga	109	2,397	104	2,287	117	1,873
Trinidad and Tobago	38	16,042	33	14,990	36	19,591
Tunisia	95	3,424	86	3,417	97	3,405
Turkey	55	9,569	45	8,893	55	9,323
Turkmenistan	77	5,052	95	2,606	76	5,280
Uganda	166	381	160	363	169	371
Ukraine	99	3,066	91	3,029	101	3,035
United Arab Emirates	17	42,501	—	—	19	43,339
United Kingdom	11	46,099	12	44,693	13	45,626
United States	12	45,725	10	45,790	12	45,959
Uruguay	62	7,268	52	6,956	66	6,632
Uzbekistan	139	830	135	830	143	824
Vanuatu	111	2,160	106	2,000	113	2,143
Venezuela	58	8,282	48	8,303	57	9,084
Vietnam	140	829	134	836	144	821
West Bank and Gaza	—	—	—	1,036	—	—
Yemen	131	979	125	1,006	137	974
Zambia	135	939	128	953	139	972
Zimbabwe	161	403	—	—	185	56^[6]
Template:Country data World	—	—	—	8,219	—	8,241^[7]

Notes and references

^ Data refer to the year 2007. World Economic Outlook Database-October 2008, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on October 8, 2008.
^ Data refer to the year 2007. Total GDP 2007 & Population 2007, World Development Indicators database, World Bank, September 10, 2008. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the Total GDP data by the Population data.
^ Data refer to the year 2007. GDP (official exchange rate), The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. GDP data last updated on October 2, 2008; Total Midyear Population-2007, U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, accessed on October 4, 2008; European Union population obtained from an archived version of The World Factbook, CIA, dated May 10, 2007. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the GDP (official exchange rate) data by the Population data.
^ The IMF is using a 2007 population estimate based on a 2001 census whose validity has been called into question. A 2003 U.S. State Department report on Equatorial Guinea stated that "although the 2002 (sic) census estimated the population at 1,015,000, credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election. (...) Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud." [1]
^ The value from the original source has been changed, due to the CIA World Factbook reporting a GDP for Liechtenstein of $36.33 billion, resulting in a GDP per capita of $1,060,823, which is not in line with data from either the US State Department nor the government of Liechtenstein. A Liechtenstein government website called Landesverwaltung Liechtenstein reports that the provisional GDP for 2005 was CHF4.5553 billion and the mid-year population for 2005 was 34,734, giving a GDP per capita of CHF131,148. Using the average exchange rate of the Swiss franc to the US dollar in 2005, as given by the CIA, this results in a GDP of US$3.658 billion and GDP per capita of US$105,323. The United States Department of State reports a Liechtenstein GDP for 2004 of CHF4.28 billion on its country profile article dated April 2008.
^ Hyperinflation and the plunging value of the Zimbabwean dollar makes Zimbabwe's GDP at the official exchange rate a highly inaccurate statistic. (The World Factbook, CIA)
^ Gross world product. (The World Factbook, CIA)

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[1] Data refer to the year 2007. World Economic Outlook Database-October 2008, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on October 8, 2008.

[2] Data refer to the year 2007. Total GDP 2007 & Population 2007, World Development Indicators database, World Bank, September 10, 2008. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the Total GDP data by the Population data.

[3] Data refer to the year 2007. GDP (official exchange rate), The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. GDP data last updated on October 2, 2008; Total Midyear Population-2007, U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, accessed on October 4, 2008; European Union population obtained from an archived version of The World Factbook, CIA, dated May 10, 2007. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the GDP (official exchange rate) data by the Population data.

[4] The IMF is using a 2007 population estimate based on a 2001 census whose validity has been called into question. A 2003 U.S. State Department report on Equatorial Guinea stated that "although the 2002 (sic) census estimated the population at 1,015,000, credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election. (...) Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud." [1]

[5] The value from the original source has been changed, due to the CIA World Factbook reporting a GDP for Liechtenstein of $36.33 billion, resulting in a GDP per capita of $1,060,823, which is not in line with data from either the US State Department nor the government of Liechtenstein. A Liechtenstein government website called Landesverwaltung Liechtenstein reports that the provisional GDP for 2005 was CHF4.5553 billion and the mid-year population for 2005 was 34,734, giving a GDP per capita of CHF131,148. Using the average exchange rate of the Swiss franc to the US dollar in 2005, as given by the CIA, this results in a GDP of US$3.658 billion and GDP per capita of US$105,323. The United States Department of State reports a Liechtenstein GDP for 2004 of CHF4.28 billion on its country profile article dated April 2008.

[6] Hyperinflation and the plunging value of the Zimbabwean dollar makes Zimbabwe's GDP at the official exchange rate a highly inaccurate statistic. (The World Factbook, CIA)

[7] Gross world product. (The World Factbook, CIA)

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